The latest version of the Sigma 18-200mm shows a slight drop in image quality, but nothing dramatic on the whole. This stabilized super-zoom is more compact and light-weight than the previous version, and these differences really add to its overall value.

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Not too long ago, people assumed that choosing a micro 4/3 camera was the same thing as choosing a more versatile compact camera. Then the happy owners would start thinking about getting a zoom lens for this small camera and discover that… the zooms were nowhere near as compact as their camera. What they ended up with was not as pocketable as they hoped, but unfortunately, there are scientific optical laws that can’t be changed. The lenses tested here are good examples of just how compact lenses with large focal ranges can be.